Organizations Filed Purposes:
Gift of Life, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation whose basic purpose is to provide support and awareness for the life-saving impact of organ, eye and tissue donation through classroom education, mentoring of transplant patients and families, and online resources.
Gift of Life is a national model for the support, awareness, and success of organ, eye and tissue donation through education, mentoring and collaboration with partners and individuals in the transplant community.
Life Savers Program Through the Organization's Life Savers program, classroom educators provide in-classroom presentations each year to more than 30,000 students and families in 115 high schools in the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area and 23 counties from Wichita, Kansas to St. Louis, Missouri. These presentations are provided free of charge, and inform students about the life-saving importance of organ, eye and tissue donation, and empower them to have a conversation with a loved one about their decision. Because of these powerful presentations, 45% of students follow through with a family discussion. More individuals join the state donor registry in counties with schools that have consistently participated in the Life Savers program than in those that have not. The Organization's Life Savers program has contributed to the Greater Kansas City area having one of the highest enrollment percentages in its donor registry at almost 80% (compared to a national average of 50%). The Organization also provides an online curriculum at www.learnlifesavers.com
Transplant Mentors Program The Organization's Transplant Mentors are trained volunteers who offer encouragement and support to those waiting for a transplant, new transplant recipients and their families. Referrals to the program come from the medical transplant teams at Children's Mercy Hospital, the University of Kansas Health System, Saint Luke's Health System, and Research Medical Center. Since program inception in 2009, trained Transplant Mentors have been provided to 740 patients and families from 26 states, including living donors and caregivers. Eighty-two area transplant patients were mentored in 2019. The Organization also provides online resources for transplant patients and their families at www.giftdonor.org.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Janet Burton | Interim Executive Director | 25 | $66,297 |
| Victor Wilson | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Tracy | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jody Olson Md | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Scott Mattivi | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Phyllis Leach Jd | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Sean Kumer Md Phd Facs | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Nate Harbur Jd | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Terry Garrison | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Hilda Fuentes | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jan Finn | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Sherri Doherty | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Michele Shanahan Demoss | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Chris Crenshaw | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jackie Russell | Board Member / Secretary | 4 | $0 |
| Vicki Graft | Board Member / Treasurer | 4 | $0 |
| Peter Mchugh | Board Member / VP | 4 | $0 |
| David Kling | Board Member / President | 4 | $0 |
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